Primary Day Open Thread
With contested races for many City Council seats, today voters will decide who will set city transportation policy for the next four years.
September 12, 2017
City Hall Says It Will Release Records on New Teacher Parking Placards … After the Election
The public won’t know what prompted de Blasio to restore teacher parking perks until the general election is in the mayor’s rear view mirror.
September 11, 2017
Council Members Push DOT and the MTA to Pick Up the Pace on Transit Signal Priority
City Council members are putting some muscle behind the effort to get DOT and the MTA to speed bus service.
September 7, 2017
NYPD Rejects Request for Fatal Crash Report as “Unwarranted Invasion” of Driver’s Privacy
The mayor's Vision Zero initiative hasn't changed NYPD's practice of keeping crash reports under lock and key, away from public scrutiny.
September 6, 2017
Speeding, Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Two Men in Brooklyn Pleads to Leaving the Scene
Efrin Lanfranco-Perez was not charged for killing Delmer Maldonado and Israel Turcios in a 2016 Cypress Hills crash. He could get probation under the terms of a plea deal with Acting-DA Eric Gonzalez, due in part to state law that incentivizes leaving the scene.
September 5, 2017
Park Row Security Zone to Reopen With Protected Bike Lane and New Pedestrian Space
Park Row in Chinatown, which NYPD has treated as a security checkpoint since 9/11, will get a bi-directional bikeway and 10,000 square feet of painted sidewalk from Worth Street to Frankfort Street.
August 31, 2017
